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Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.

Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.

Women wearing crinolines which are set on fire by flames from a domestic fireplace. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1860.

The London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington: two nurses and a patient [?] in front of a guarded fire. Watercolour painting by Nurse Flower, 1891.

Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

Three Wallachian men round a log fire with distilling apparatus nearby. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.

A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.

Saint Peter Celestine: a house is set on fire by devils, but he fights against it with the prayer and the sign of the Cross. Engraving by A. [?] van Merlen.

Playing with fire.

Frank Rowntree compilation recordings. Part 6, Track 13.

A fire survival guide : what to do if fire breaks out in your home / Home Office Public Relations Branch.

Notes on Digby's experiments

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Playing with fire.

Frank Rowntree compilation recordings. Part 6, Track 13.

A fire survival guide : what to do if fire breaks out in your home / Home Office Public Relations Branch.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

Notes on Digby's experiments